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U.S. Air Force C-17 Lands In Moscow After Andrews-To-Riga Leg

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked about the landing, said, in remarks cited by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, that he did not have such information.

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EASTERN EUROPE — Commercial flight-tracking data published Tuesday showed a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, serial 07-7181, flying from Riga International Airport in Latvia to Moscow Vnukovo International Airport, with the track ending at about 7:00 AM UTC (about 10:04 AM Moscow time).

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Flightradar24, the tracking service that published the route, identified the flight as RCH4555 and stated that a U.S. Air Force C-17A flew from Riga to Vnukovo.

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